Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
It takes a long time to grow young.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.